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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 13, 1798" Lines 1-50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What paradox does the speaker introduce at the end of the second verse paragraph?
(a) He can see more clearly without using his vision.
(b) He can understand more thoroughly without using his mind.
(c) He can exercise more discipline without using his will power.
(d) He can move more quickly without using his body.

2. What kind of image opens the poem?
(a) A tactile image of the grass and tree bark.
(b) An olfactory image of smoke.
(c) A visual image of the mountains.
(d) An auditory image of the water.

3. What kind of confusion does the speaker find himself able to shrug off when he remembers the landscape?
(a) Confusion about his own ambitions.
(b) Confusion about his relationships.
(c) Confusion about why the world is the way it is.
(d) Confusion about the difference between philosophy and experience.

4. What does the speaker say is the best part of a good person's life?
(a) Helping others focus on the important aspects of life.
(b) Gestures of love and respect from others.
(c) Small acts of love and kindness performed for others.
(d) The positive memories created for others.

5. What is the name of the river the speaker is near?
(a) The Dee.
(b) The Wye.
(c) The Thames.
(d) The Severn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker mean when he says he was "'mid the din/ Of towns and cities" (lines 26-27)?

2. What are "copses" (line 14)?

3. What modern description might we give of the state that the speaker describes toward the end of the second verse paragraph?

4. What is the best definition of "sublime" in the context of line 38?

5. How long has it been since the speaker was last in this place?

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